“It will turn teaching into something that’s evaluated and tenure into something that’s honorable, not a job protection defined by time.”

It’s nice to know that the author of a bill that will shape the course of teaching and learning in New Jersey doesn’t understand that tenure is a fair dismissal due process right, not a job protection defined by time. It’s also nice to know that she doesn’t realize that teachers are evaluated (or should be) by their principals or supervisors over the course of the academic year.

Evaluating teachers using student test scores will not lead to teachers gaining more respect. It will lead to teaching to the test and a curriculum that is narrowly focused on that test.

My hope is that Sen. Ruiz, or Sen. Gordon, Sen. Weinberg, Asm. Johnson, Asm. Ron Rice, JR., et. al., or any of the NJ legislators who peruse this site will see that their attempts to placate your demands have met with nothing but scorn.

That their clear genuflection (such as the ability to loose tenure but maintain employment) has brought them nothing but public humiliation. Maybe then they can take a clear eyed approach to this subject and make some of the changes discussed here ad nauseam.